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Beth Marlowe, PhD, D(ABMM)

@marlowe-beth.bsky.social

Clinical Microbiologist trying to do my part to contribute. All views are my own.

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πŸ₯If this Senate hearing with Bobby "The Quack" Jr pissed you off, send a message: Quack-O-Gram delivery begins on 9/15πŸ₯

πŸ₯ $3. Man in a duck suit. Rubber duck with "impeach the quack" message to YOUR RepπŸ₯

Link: www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams
#ImpeachTheQuack
@standupforscience.bsky.social

04.09.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 221    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 20

Yesterday the president demanded that evidence about Covid vaccines be shown to the public. Today @apoorvanyt.bsky.social & I run through some of the studies made public over the past 4+ years that show that the vaccines work. Gift link: nyti.ms/46k17Tq

02.09.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1890    πŸ” 686    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 35

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29.08.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Out of the terrible destruction of the Manhattan Project came a decades-long partnership between the federal government and universities, attracting talent from around the world, to do good--the NIH, NSF all are a product of that era, now being destroyed by Donald Trump and Russell Vought.

12.08.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The CDC Shooting is a Dark Sign for Science and America An infectious diseases physician explains why the horrific shooting at the CDC should alarm all Americans.

I trained at Emory & worked at the CDC. Friday, those same halls became a crime scene.

β€œA shooting targeted institutions whose mission is to prevent illness, save lives, and advance knowledge.” οΏΌ

This is a dark warning sign for science and America.

time.com/7308980/cdc-shooting-dark-sign-america

12.08.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting our Science on at #ASMicrobe

20.06.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Only you can save Birmingham’s medical rainforest: op-ed from UAB researcher he fuel that propels Academic Health Centers like UAB comes, in large part, from NIH funding.

www.al.com/politics/202... β€œAcademic Health Centers are like tropical rainforests: They take decades to develop and weeks to destroy.”

19.06.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy 123rd Birthday, Dr. Barbara McClintock!

Thank you to the #scientists participating in the nationwide #SciComm initiative, #McClintockLettters, that is in her honor.

We are speaking to our local hometown communities about the value of federally funded research, and the impactful work we do.

16.06.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Graduate Students Push Back Against Science Funding Cuts Hundreds of graduate students are writing to their hometown newspapers to defend their research, as the Trump administration drastically reduces science funding.

Honored to be featured in this @nytimes.com article yesterday about the McClintock Letters initiative! Op-eds from scientists across the country are going out in their hometown newspapers over the next couple of weeks, keep an eye out for one near you. tinyurl.com/nytmcclintock
#SciComm #McClintock

17.06.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stand Up For Science Summer Campaign! Can you help us mobilize the fight for science and democracy? Every contribution matters!

🚨HEY DORKS, WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨

We preparing for a BIG fight against Trump's attack on science and we won't stop until we win!

We are grassroots and run on donations. Whether it's $5 or $500, every little bit counts in the fight to save science.
#standupforscience

actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

03.05.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 12

Happy to share our latest paper looking at HDV US epidemiology is now available.

30.04.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So glad you are here!

05.04.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have been saying this since the CDC website started going dark. We will see a loss of scientific talent in this country.

21.03.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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08.03.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Laboratory Testing of Oropouche Virus ASM and APHL jointly developed a FAQ document for clinical laboratories on testing of oropouche virus.

Oropouche virus (OROV) is an arbovirus transmitted by midges and mosquitoes. OROV overlaps with many other pathogens, posing a challenge for diagnosis. Get answers to your questions! Read the ASM-APHL FAQ document on testing of OROV: buff.ly/3F7XVza
#ASMClinMicro #microbiology #publichealth

04.03.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is crazy!

05.03.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LA is holding a Stand Up For Science solidarity event! Join us to amplify our voices and our values at the Federal Building in Westwood at the corner of Wilshire and Veteran at 12 PM! If you’re looking for an event in your city, see standupforscience2025.org/local-events/

28.02.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
Excerpt from a public letter Roald Dahl wrote encouraging people to vaccinate their children.

Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything.

β€œAre you feeling all right?” I asked her.

β€œI feel all sleepy,” she said.

In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead.

The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her.

On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunized against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.

Excerpt from a public letter Roald Dahl wrote encouraging people to vaccinate their children. Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything. β€œAre you feeling all right?” I asked her. β€œI feel all sleepy,” she said. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead. The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her. On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunized against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

15.02.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 26829    πŸ” 11806    πŸ’¬ 408    πŸ“Œ 548

This was my first thought when the CDC website started going dark. We are going see a loss of talent in this country and it will only hurt us as a nation.

13.02.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was his Susan Collins moment.

05.02.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yellow background. Different CDC websites that have been removed. Some are in black and white. Others are purple or red and green.

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01.02.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 690    πŸ” 607    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 18

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